Dr. Jessica Lawson

Biography

Jessica Lawson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor on the Clinician-Educator Track in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. She currently works as a staff psychologist at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System’s Clinical Resource Hub (CRH), providing evidence-based psychotherapy as part of the primary care mental health integration service and telemental health for veterans in rural New England. Dr. Lawson completed her clinical research postdoctoral training in the Program for Obesity, Weight, and Eating Research at Yale. She is an active member of the Connecticut Psychological Association, where she serves on the board as the early career representative. Dr. Lawson directs the CRH doctoral practicum training track, providing individual supervision and consultation. Her clinical specialization includes clinical health psychology with a focus on health behavior change, behavioral weight management, assessment, and treatment of disordered eating as well as psychosocial assessment for bariatric surgery. Her research interests center on the outcomes of psychosocial variables relating to obesity and disordered eating treatment, along with studies on tele-mental health delivery and implementation science.

Research Interests